The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1887-03-11
Record of Congress.
LIST OF IMPORTANT MEASUR RES THAT HAVE
PASSED OR FAILED.

list OF IMPORTANT MEASURES THAT HAVE
PASSED OR FAILED.
In the Congress Just completed there were
introduced in the House ll.2j9 bills and 26'
Joint resolutions. OF these measures 4,l73
were reported back from the various commit
tees with favorable or adverse recommends
ton, and majority of them have died.
There were introduced in the Senate $50.
bills and IlG JOINT resolutions. and the per
cent. reported from committee was little
higher than in the House.
OF tie REGULAR Appropriation bills three
have failed. VIZ. the General Deficiency,
which was Ia>>td, Int was not ensrosscd i'll
time to reach the President for Lis signature
the River and ii arbor BILL which reached the
President too late. and the Notifications bill,
on which no agreement could be reached be-
tween the two houses. The Post Office APP
preparation bill was finally passed without the
Senate amendment for ocean mail subsidies,
that body having been forced. at the last hour,
to recede or hazard the bill. The only other
appropriation measure OF consequence is on
the Naval bill. which was passed with the
House provision for an expenditure of 81 ,0O0,
600 on naval increase. On this the Senate
surrendered It's IL maid fer nearly double
that amount.
Of general legislation in tie Congress now
ended the following measures have passed:
The Presidential Succession bill, deyolring
the Office of President upon the members Of
tie Cabinet in case of the death resignation.
etc. of Tie President and Nice-Plesdenl
The bill toi re. uls.tInn tide manner Of coming
the electoral vote: tie Oeomargarine Tax
bill the bill If the last session for the in
crease of The navy tie bill restoring Fitz
John Porter 10 the army the Din@ley bill for
the relief Of tie sliI ping Interest: tie bill to
increase the pensions Of widows and DEEPEN
dent relatives Of The deceased soldiers and
sal lors !: lie bill Ghectirg the Commissioner
of Labor to investigate tie subject of convict
labor Tie provision for the issue OF ST, 5.
and 81 silver certificates the bill authorizing
the construction If Il building for the Nation
al Library in Washington the legalization of
trades unions corroral ions the bill prescrib
ING the study in schools under federal control
of the nature of alcoholic drinks and narcotics:
the bill permitting national banks TO increase
their capital e!crk and change their names
and locations under specified circumstances
the Mexican Veterans Pension bill: the trade
dollar redemption bill lie Atlantic and Pa
CT tic Land Grant Forfeiture, restoring ~ 900,
600 acres to The public domain, and several
other minor tcrft ilure bills tie bill extending
the fee delivery system to towns Of 10000
the bill extending the special delivery system
to all classts of mail matter tie Interstate
Com merce bill the Dawes Indian Severalty
bill /: the bill increasing tie annual appropr-
alton for the militia 10 100000; the bill
amending tie act relating TO immediate trans
portaton of duiable goods the James bill,
prohibiting govern ment officials fiom contract
ing out the labor of the L nited States prison.
ers OF conv icts tie bill 10 prohibit the impor-
tation of ale rs under contract to labor in the
United States: the bill establishing agricultu-
raj stations tie bill tax fractional parts of
a gallon of >plils tie .Intipolygamy bill
the bill 10 indemnify the Chinese victims of
the Rocky >p ingS Outrage the Labor Abb
tration bill.